Wall, 1969
(2007) • 60" x 40" • $2,000
Mixed fibres, hand-dyed and felted cotton, paint, machine quilted.
1969 saw the largest anti Viet Nam war rally in U.S. history (500,000 plus), the premiere of the counter-culture movie Easy Rider,
the first serious wall graffiti, and the premiere performance in Toronto of the song that became the peace anthem of a generation, John
Lennon’s Give Peace a Chance.
Flower Song for Luella
(2007) • 80" x 84" • $2,000
Hand appliqué, hand embroidered, machine quilted.
A quilter named, Luella Nurse started this quilt in the early 60’s, but died in 1967, before she could finish it. A friend of her
daughter gave the unfinished top to me this summer, to complete it for a fundraiser in her memory. The Lavender flowers reminded
me of petunias, and in particular “Sweet Petunia”, Bessie Jackson’s hit song from 1927. So I decided to make the
quilt about flower songs from the hippie era.
The House of Cards
(2006) • 16" x 16" • $400
Fibre and mixed media.
This is a parody of the House of Commons. Each of the major parties is represented as one of the court cards, with the
Bloc shown as the Joker (representing its seperatist position
in our federal government). The leaders of the main parties
in the House of Commons are mounted on velcro, so they
can cross the floorof the house at will. Twelve members of
the Green Party circle the house in disappointment
(if proportional representation had been in place at the last election, 12 members would have been elected).